Is Zhu Hui also watching the races and eating zongzi? Well, it's 9: 00 p. m. in New York, and it's the night before the festival. But there isn't 1 Dragon Boat Festival in the US, 2 it's like any other night for Zhu Hui and his host family. The mother is reading a story 3 her young children. The father is watching a soccer game on TV. And what's Zhu Hui doing? He is 4 on the phone to his cousin in Shenzhen. He misses his family and 5 to have his mom's delicious zongzi. Zhu Hui likes New York and his host family a lot, but there is still "no place like home".
— ____. It opens up a different world for me and trains my way of thinking.
— ____. Have fun walking in the mountains.
Caring about fish A three-minute film made by Andrew Older, a 13-year-old student from the US, recently won an award at the One Earth Young Filmmakers Asian Contest. He used maps to show how invasive (入侵的) goby fish came to the local river and how they are making the water too crowded (拥挤的) for other fish "Through this film festival, I hope to share my worry for fish. I also want to learn more about how it affects the environment (环境)." he told the local newspaper. ▲ People throw trash (垃圾) on the beach and even into the ocean. The trash has become the "home" of hermit crabs (寄居蟹). These "trash shells" can bring danger to hermit crabs. It usually has bright colors, so predators (捕食者) can find hermit crabs more easily. The crabs could also find it difficult to get out of the bottles or the tires and starve to death (饿死). Would you wear your hair? People wear wool sweaters in winter. But did you ever think of making a sweater with your own hair? A Dutch company did it. It also makes coats and other clothing with human hair. The company makes these clothes to save the environment. According to the company, European landfills (垃圾填埋场) receive 72 million kilograms of human hair waste every year. Making it into clothes is more friendly to our Earth. |
Baduanjin, a form of Qigong, has a history of over 800 years. Originating from the Song Dynasty (960-1276) , Baduanjin is one of the oldest health and fitness (健身) (exercise) in China.
Compared to (相较于) sports like ball games or swimming, Baduanjin is slow and usually played with soft music, so it's often seen as a good way for the old people (relax), but young people are now also (get) interested in it. More than 1, 000 videos about Baduanjin can be (find) on Bilibili, and one of the teaching videos is played for more than 10 million times.
But does Baduanjin become so popular? In fact, it's a perfect sport for office (work) and students, as they often sit at the desk. It helps kill (they) neck and back pain (疼痛) after long working hours and it doesn't need much effort (努力), time space. "I do Baduanjin about half an hour every day." A young man said, "It gives me a healthy lifestyle and (help) me sleep better and get stronger." Chinese traditional fitness is more and more popular among young people around the world.
Lixia, or the Start of Summer, is the (seven) of the 24 Chinese solar terms (节气) which falls on May 6 of this year. It symbolizes (象征) the passing from spring summer.
With the heat of summer, plants and crops will begin to grow much (fast). So farmers are always happy to welcome the arrival of Lixia. This is best time of the year to plant early rice in the southern part of China. Chinese has plenty of old sayings are used to warn people not to be lazy during this period of time.
In China, people celebrate the day of Lixia in different ways. For example, in some places people cook "Five-Colored Rice". Usually, it (make) from five kinds of beans (豆)—mung bean, red bean, yellow bean, black bean and green bean. It stands for people's good wishes for a colorful life. People also have the custom of (eat) some different kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables. On the day of Lixia, children will wear a bag with an egg around their necks in some areas. This is believed to help keep (they) safe and healthy. Other (tradition) of Lixia include the singing of beautiful folk songs. And people also weigh themselves on Lixia. When the summer (pass), they'll weigh themselves again to see how many pounds they have lost during the hot season.